Canon Bjc-6000 Color Bubble Jet Printer (Pc/Mac) - Factory-Reconditioned

Description

The Canon BJC-6000 is the smart choice for all your printing needs, whether for a busy workplace or a home office. It establishes a new benchmark in affordable, professional-quality printing by adding intelligent functions that help you work smarter. From fast, high resolution black and color printing to amazing photo output using optional Canon Photo Inks. Plus, an intelligent ink system featuring individual ink tanks that eliminates ink waste and saves you money.The Canon Think Tank System is an intelligent ink-management system unique to the BJC-6000 Color Bubble Jet printer. It features individual ink tanks for each color ink, so you replace only the color you need as it runs out. Wasting ink by having to replace all the colors in a cartridge just because one color is spent is a thing of the past. The BJC-6000 uses individual ink tanks for each color. When one runs out, simply replace that color - not the entire cartridge. No more ink waste - just big money savings. Ever run out of ink right in the middle of an important print job? Never again. The BJC-6000's built-in optical low-ink sensor actually warns you with an on-screen message when a specific ink tank is low. So you can replace the empty ink tank just at the right time.

The Canon BJC-6000 is designed for both busy workplaces and home offices. It provides fast, affordable, professional-quality, high-resolution black and color printing. An intelligent ink system with individual tanks eliminates waste and saves money, and optional Canon photo inks and specialty paper create amazing near-photo-quality output.

To set up the Canon BJC-6000, we followed the instructions on the Quick Start guide. Because the BJC-6000 comes with several large tanks (one each for black, cyan, magenta, and yellow), and because the tanks and cartridges are separate, setup took longer than usual. The Canon Creative Pro CD-ROM comes with several complementary applications, so software installation took a little longer as well.

In our test of the BJC-6000, we printed several color and black-and-white samples in each of the printer's four modes--draft, good, better, and best. Our samples included graphics, large and small letters, and a variety of fonts and color shades. Black text was razor sharp and approached the quality of a modest laser printer. There was only a tiny bit of ink bleeding, even on normal uncoated paper, and a multicolored tight-register sample looked especially impressive.

We also scanned and printed a 32-bit color photograph. Even without the optional Canon photo inks and specialty paper, the hard copy was warm and detailed, capturing the texture of the original with surprising accuracy. We also appreciated the speed--up to 5 ppm in color.

The Canon BJC-6000 is an impressive Bubble Jet printer with a great software bundle; it would make an excellent addition to any small office. --Mike Brown

Pros:

• Sharp, near laser-quality black printing
• 1,440 x 720 color printing
• Up to 8 ppm
• Great software bundle

Cons:

• Lots of ink cartridges to keep track of
• Setup takes a little longer
• No printer cable

This review was originally written for the nonrefurbished product.

The Canon BJC-6000 Color Bubble Jet printer is compatible with PC or Mac computers and uses ink-on-demand print technology. It prints up to 8 pages per minute in black ink, and up to 5 pages per minute in color. The print resolution is 1,440 x 720 dpi for fine color copies, with a memory buffer of 128 KB RAM.

The BJC-6000 has a built-in sheet feeder that can handle 130 sheets at 24-pound paper weight of legal- or letter-size paper, 15 envelopes, and 30 transparencies on a straight paper path. Canon backs this offer with a one-year warranty.